Constituted by an organisational unit of a poviat that was appointed by a Staroste or an entity (NGOs, legal persons, Catholic Church and other churches and religious organisations conducting their activities in the field of family support and foster care system or social assistance) that was contracted by a poviat to carry out that task.

• Act of 9 June 2011 on Family Support and Foster Care System
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 177, z późn. zm.)